EARNINGS NEWS AND SMALL TRADERS - AN INTRADAY ANALYSIS

被引:212
作者
LEE, CMC
机构
[1] University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0165-4101(92)90021-S
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
This study separates trading volume into buyer- and seller-initiated activities and examines the directional volume reaction in small and large trades to different types of earnings news. 'Good' ('bad') news triggers brief, but intense, buying (selling) in the large trades. However. a persistent period of unusually high buying activity is observed in the small trades irrespective of the news. This anomalous proclivity of small traders to buy is robust across firm size, trading volume, and different earnings expectation models. Several explanations are discussed, although the behavior does not seem fully explained by existing theories.
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页码:265 / 302
页数:38
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